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“How strangely Fogo burns, amidst an ocean full of flying fishes” & The Friday Night Riddles!

We apologize for coming out a bit late with this article on Fogo, but as you all know, Real Life does not care for our hobbies. Yet, it is still in good time as the news from Fogo are not getting less, in the opposite, more and increasingly sad news can be read throughout the…

It Started With a Kiss…

So, Volcanocafé readers and kind supporters of our “Hekla:The Movie” project, the first baby steps of our momentous journey have been taken. Carl has left the world of corporate mergers to fend for itself and journeyed to Iceland to supervise the first pre-production meeting, alongside Eggert, Bergsveinn and me (Nick). With gallons of coffee and…

The Long Wait?

Yesterday, the Bardarbunga crisis celebrated its first month. As our readers have already remarked, the IMO has put out an update that summarises the earthquake data over the past month. In all, some 25,000 earthquakes have been registered by the automated system of which no less than 5,900 have been manually checked by a seismologist.…

The Man and the Mountain

Hi all, long time no see. Thanks for your patience. Since leaving for the north, about 10.000 VC comments ago, so much has happened. But, actually, it all started five days earlier, so about 14 days in “VC Calendar Time” but as all know that is un-measurable in Geological time. When the eruption started (again)…